Philadelphia Resident Charged for Election-related Threat to State Party Representative

Excerpt:  “According to the indictment, on Sept. 6, John Pollard, 62, of Philadelphia, sent threatening text messages to Victim 1. Victim 1 had previously posted online, in Victim 1’s capacity as an employee of a state political party, that Victim 1 was recruiting volunteers to ‘help[] observe at the polls on Election Day’ and included Victim 1’s phone number. Pollard allegedly texted Victim 1 that he was ‘interested in being a poll watcher’ and included Victim 1’s first name. Pollard then allegedly texted three threats to Victim 1:

• ‘I will KILL YOU IF YOU DON’T ANSWER ME!’
• ‘Your days are numbered, B****!’
• ‘GONNA F***ING FIND YOU AND SKIN YOU ALIVE AND USE YOUR SKIN FOR F***ING TOILET PAPER, YOU F***ING KKK**T!”